OGNL is a great option. I think many people will be satisfied with that (including myself). It's a good powerful EL.
Brandon On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I spent last evening comparing EL options for the iB3 dynamic (and otherwise > actually) SQL tags. I've decided to go with a repackaged version of OGNL > 2.6.9 (org.apache.ibatis.ognl). My reasoning is as follows: > > * It uses an Apache like license that allows the flexibility for us to > repackage it so that we can avoid dependency issues (JAR hell). > * It has the nicest syntax, the simplest API and surprising performance > (it runs its own 500+ unit tests in 0.5 seconds). > * It's exactly what we need. > > The runner up is MVEL, which is also excellent and uses the Apache 2.0 > license. In the end the difference is only that OGNL is older, more proven > and better known. > > Ones I tried and decided against... > > * Commons EL -- really disappointing. > * OGNL 2.6.9++ -- are OpenSymphony, which has a friendly license, but I'm > not sure about repackaging the way we'd like. > * EL-API/RI -- No. Just no. > * JEXL -- Velocity, meh. > > Comments welcome. > > Clinton >
